Carolina at Tampa Bay

Carolina is strong defensively, #11 in goals allowed, tops in penalty killing. That defense lead the way in a 3-2 win over Chicago last night and Carolina has won five straight games when playing on no rest. The team prefers a slow pace away from home, at 9-3-2 UNDER the total on the road, plus 35-16-12 UNDER against the Atlantic Division. Tampa Bay is favored but is #17 in goals allowed, and #25 in penalty killing, while dealing with a lot of key injuries. Tampa Bay has now played more than a month without captain Steven Stamkos (surgery) and continues to deal with the loss of 2016 Vezina Trophy finalist goaltender Ben Bishop. In total the Lightning have endured 93 man games lost to injury on the season. Tampa Bay has allowed the opening goal in 24-of-37 games this season. The Lightning are on a 5-11 run, 3-7 against the Eastern Conference, plus 7-3-2 UNDER the total against a losing team. Play Carolina and the UNDER.